This humble Taoist priest, Qianhe, begins his quest for immortality by slaying demons and monsters.

Chapter 74 The Divine Power of the Kui Niu Drum, the Ghost King Breaking the Seal

"Kui Niu Drum!"

The only one who could recognize the phantom that appeared in the hands of the True Man of Qian Yuan was the True Man of Longevity.

Instead of hunting down the group of disciples from the Corpse Refining Demon Heaven Sect, he planned to deal with the elders and deacons of the Corpse Refining Demon Heaven Sect.

The reason is simple: only those of the same kind, such as the Silver Armored Corpse King, can continue to accelerate the evolution of his natal corpse.

Upon seeing Master Qian Yuan summon the phantom of the Kui Niu Drum, Master Chang Sheng hurriedly shouted, "Senior Brother Qian Yuan, please have mercy! Please don't blast this Golden Armored Corpse King to smithereens. I'm counting on this Golden Armored Corpse King to evolve into my Natal Corpse!"

It wasn't that Changsheng Zhenren was making a mountain out of a molehill; he simply knew all too well what the Kui Niu Drum represented.

Throughout history, the elders of the Maoshan Law Enforcement Hall, whenever forced to unleash the phantom of the Kui Niu Drum, were facing a life-or-death situation. Once the phantom of the Kui Niu Drum appeared, they were invincible below the Golden Core stage!

Master Qian Yuan ignored Master Chang Sheng's request. Seeing that Master Zhang Qingyun was about to kill the golden-armored corpse king, Master Qian Yuan did not want to fall behind.

As the phantom of the Kui Niu Drum floated in front of him, Master Qian Yuan silently recited the incantation again, and a phantom of a drumstick condensed in his palm.

"kill!"

As Qian Yuan Zhenren brought down his hammer, Chang Sheng Zhenren, who had originally intended to stop him, hurriedly retreated. With a loud boom, the drum spread outwards with terrifying sound waves. Immediately afterward, a bolt of purple lightning fell from the sky and slammed into the drum surface. In an instant, heavenly lightning surged outwards like waves!

The golden-armored corpse king in front of Qian Yuan Zhenren was the main target of his attention. Thunder came like waves, and the golden-armored corpse king's body was frozen in place and could not move an inch when the first drum sounded.

Now, no matter how Huang Quan, the second deacon of the Corpse Refining Demon Heaven Sect, manipulated things from afar, he could only watch helplessly as the thunderous lightning devoured his golden-armored corpse king like a tidal wave.

"Oh no!"

With a shrill scream, the Old Man of the Underworld instantly realized that he had lost contact with the Golden Armored Corpse King. Then, the backlash surged, and he could no longer bear it and spat out a mouthful of blood.

His own aura also began to drop sharply, declining from the peak of Foundation Establishment to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.

The person aged decades in an instant. At this point, even without Qian Yuan Zhenren lifting a finger, Chang Sheng Zhenren could easily crush him to death.

Seeing this from a distance, Zhang Qingyun could only smile wryly. He truly hadn't expected that Qian Yuan would use such a powerful weapon as the Kui Niu Drum just because of a casual remark between the two of them.

Originally feeling confident of victory, Master Zhang Qingyun now attacked with even greater ferocity.

Meanwhile, after retracting the phantom of the Kui Niu Drum into his body, Master Qian Yuan's face turned pale.

Just one strike had drained a third of his true essence.

It has to be said that the Kui Niu Drum Phantom is not something that just anyone can handle...

From the moment the golden-armored corpse king was annihilated by True Man Qian Yuan, the Corpse Refining Demon Heaven Sect had already lost its chance of survival.

The old man from Dushan also lost contact with his golden-armored corpse king in no time. The old man from Dushan, who had aged several decades in an instant, looked at the main hall behind him.

With a bitter expression, he said, "Sect Master, we can't hold on any longer. If you want to leave, while there's still a chance, we'll fight to the death to tear a hole for you!"

The old man from Dushan was not angry; by now, he knew he couldn't go on living.

Just as the old man from Dushan was speaking these heartfelt words, a cold laugh came from the main hall behind him.

"Hehe, Dushan, don't worry, none of you will die so easily..."

Inside the sect leader's main hall, Youmingzi stared at the void image in front of him.

That place is the sealed location of the Ghost King of Mangshan, and what Youmingzi is doing is breaking the seal.

With the final sealing rune being broken by the sect's powerful flying zombie driven by Youmingzi, the Mangshan Ghost King was completely released!

In the Corpse Valley, only a handful of disciples of the Corpse Refining Demon Heaven Sect remained standing, and the bronze-armored corpses had also been mostly cleared out.

Zhong Bai looked at his fellow disciples who were still busy, and let out a deep breath. He had very little true energy left in his body, and he didn't want to run into another bronze-armored corpse.

The situation was initially very favorable, but suddenly, a chilling ghostly aura permeated the void.

In the blink of an eye, the entire Corpse Valley was enveloped in ghostly energy.

The two True Persons, Qian Yuan and Zhang Qingyun, who were originally dealing with the Foundation Establishment Deacon of the Corpse Refining Demon Heaven Sect, frowned instantly.

"The Ghost King of Mangshan has broken the seal and come. This matter is probably going to be troublesome."

Master Qian Yuan's expression was solemn, as was Master Zhang Qingyun's.

"I'm afraid it's more than that, Brother Qian Yuan. That seal can't be broken without the strength of a Golden Core True Monarch, which means that the Corpse Refining Demon Heaven Sect still has flying zombies in existence!"

For a moment, both of them became serious.

Sure enough, a moment later, a wave of corpse energy, no less powerful than the eerie ghost energy, surged from the distant horizon.

There was a loud bang!
A figure surrounded by corpse energy, hovering in the void, shocked everyone present.

This is a flying zombie!

A flying zombie comparable to a Golden Core True Monarch!
"retreat!"

Master Qian Yuan and the other Taoist masters made the same decision at the same time: to quickly leave the depths of the canyon and return to their respective disciples.

Seeing his master return, Zhong Bai finally found a sense of security.

There was no way around it; the entire canyon was shrouded in ghostly energy, and that eerie, murderous feeling constantly filled people's hearts. Especially when Zhong Bai realized that the other party was a ghost king, the fear in his heart continued to amplify.

Moreover, he had very little true energy left in his body at this moment.

"Master, the situation is probably not good."

Zhong Bai said with a solemn expression.

"Senior Brother Qian Yuan, with that flying zombie added to the mix, the Corpse Refining Demon Heaven Sect is really hiding something!"

Although the Changsheng Zhenren, who knew some of the specifics, also looked serious, he was not in a hurry. Before they came, all the sects had already anticipated today's scene.

Especially the Ghost King of Mangshan, would they come to Mangshan if they didn't have some powerful backing?
Zhong Bai was completely unaware of these things, but soon, accompanied by a faint sound from the void, Zhong Bai lost the will to continue his wild thoughts.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Longhu Mountain, Maoshan Mountain, Gezao Mountain, Jinshan Temple, Wutai Mountain, I must say, you all came in such a neat and orderly manner."

I was sealed away for four hundred years. The one who released me from the seal was the sect leader of the Corpse Refining Demon Heaven Sect. You Taoists and monks are all enemies of the Corpse Refining Demon Heaven Sect.

"Guess which side I will choose to help?"

In the void, when a giant face, condensed from ghostly energy, finished speaking, the group of deacons of the Corpse Refining Demon Heaven Sect, who were originally delighted, suddenly felt dizzy. So the Ghost King of Mangshan didn't intend to help their Corpse Refining Demon Heaven Sect directly.
Compared to the surprise of the crowd, Youmingzi, who had been hiding in the main hall, was much calmer.

He had the deepest dealings with the Ghost King of Mangshan and knew very well that the other party was not someone who kept his word. Releasing him was just a gamble on whether the Ghost King of Mangshan would develop hatred towards the Taoist sect because of being imprisoned for four hundred years.

Clearly, the Ghost King of Mangshan was not blinded by hatred from his imprisonment.

"Enough, enough. The blood of cultivators and the essence of zombies I just collected are almost enough. Even if you, Ghost King of Mangshan, don't help me, I am confident that I can achieve the Golden Core True Monarch this time!"

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The Ghost King of Mangshan was unaware of Youmingzi's schemes; at this moment, he was simply caught in a dilemma.

Does he hate Longhu Mountain and the Taoist sect?
Hehe, clearly, harbored resentment. Four hundred years without seeing the light of day would make anyone feel bitter.

However, there was one thing that the Ghost King of Mangshan was very clear about: if he were to launch an attack on these five major sects today, not to mention whether the Taoist and Buddhist sects in the mortal realm had the resources to come, the pressure he would face after killing these Buddhist and Taoist cultivators would be enormous!

Even if the Ghost King of Mangshan has some connections in the underworld, he probably can't protect him.

10,000 meters in the void.

Two figures silently watched this scene in the canyon below.

One of them was none other than the Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain, and the other, if Zhong Bai were here, he would recognize him as Ming Wanqian from the Maoshan Scripture Pavilion!
"Senior Ming is quite patient."

Celestial Master Zhang Lingxiao smiled brightly.

"It's just a ghost king and a flying zombie. Compared to our Daoist sects, the Corpse Refining Demon Heaven Sect will decline even faster. Besides, three hundred years ago, the Corpse Refining Demon Heaven Sect only had some small fry who escaped."

After speaking, Ming Wanqian looked down into the depths of the canyon.

"but……

The current sect leader of the Corpse Refining Demon Heaven Sect has some courage. Instead of refining that flying zombie for his own use, he cultivated a half-step flying zombie, and now he wants to use the blood and zombie essence of all the sect's disciples to break through to the flying zombie realm. He must be considered a remarkable figure.

Upon hearing this, Master Lingxiao shook his head and said, "That may be true, but he still has some unrealistic ideas."

Whether it's Maoshan, where you are, or Longhushan, an ordinary evil cultivator might not care about such a thing, but the Corpse Refining Demon Heavenly Sect was too rampant back then.

He has no chance...

Both of them are well-known Golden Core True Monarchs in the world. Of course, only those in the Daoist sect who have reached the Foundation Establishment True Man level can know of Ming Wanqian's existence, since Ming Wanqian basically stays in the Maoshan Scripture Pavilion and never comes out.
"By the way, Fellow Daoist Lingxiao, what are you going to do with this Ghost King of Mangshan?"

Changing the subject, Ming Wanqian brought up the issue of dealing with the Ghost King of Mangshan. Upon hearing this, Lingxiao Celestial Master said somewhat awkwardly, "Ahem, Fellow Daoist Ming, regarding the Ghost King of Mangshan, the original words of my Longhu Mountain Underworld Ancestor were that if he does not cause trouble, we will not pay attention to him."

Hearing this, Ming Wanqian frowned slightly, but still did not intend to intervene.

"Since that's the case, I'll ignore this Ghost King of Mangshan. But if he doesn't know what's good for him, then I'll have to ask him to go to the underworld."

After the two established their base, Ming Wanqian's gaze instantly fell on Zhong Bai in the canyon below, and a glint of light flashed in his eyes.

"Tsk tsk tsk, good lad, you've really been hiding it well. You've already reached the seventh level of Qi Refining. If it weren't for the Underworld Ancestor's investigation confirming that you haven't been possessed or committed any karmic offenses, I wouldn't believe anyone could cultivate so quickly..."

Shaking his head, he pulled himself back to reality; the Ghost King of Mangshan was still struggling with his thoughts in the canyon below.

"Master, why hasn't the Ghost King of Mangshan made a move all this time?"

Zhong Bai was stunned. Wasn't he the Ghost King? Why was he so conflicted about making a decision? Master Qian Yuan chuckled softly and said, "Hehe, my disciple, you don't understand. Where in the world is there any clear distinction between good and evil?"

Don't be fooled by the fact that the Ghost King of Mangshan is a ghost; behind him stand the gods and spirits of the underworld.

Back then, Longhu Mountain sealed him away instead of killing him. Do you think Longhu Mountain has the ability to seal him away or even kill him again now?

Zhong Bai was taken aback. He roughly understood why his senior uncles all looked solemn but not flustered.

“Master, you might as well just tell your disciple that the Three Mountains Talisman and Jinshan Temple and Wutai Mountain are hiding several Golden Core experts nearby, and that will be the end of it.”

Rolling his eyes, Zhong Bai was no longer worried. The situation was already quite obvious, wasn't it?
Master Qian Yuan simply smiled knowingly and offered no explanation.

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